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October 17, 2022

After 22 years, contest for Congress prez post today

The Opposition Congress is all set to witness a contest for the party president’s post after 22 years on Monday with senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor pitted against each other and this time no member of the Gandhi family contesting for the post.The voting will be conducted between 10 a.m and 4 p.m, with the results to be declared on 19 October.

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‘History will be written in golden words’: HM launches three MBBS books in Hindi

Union home minister Amit Shah today released the first three textbooks in Hindi for MBBS first-year students in Madhya Pradesh and announced that very soon studies for engineering and management would also be done using Hindi textbooks.

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Banking sector medium of good governance: PM

Modi dedicates 75 Digital Banking Units across 75 districts to the nation

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One more dengue death; SMC toll 13

Siliguri town area records total of 2563 cases so far

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Larvae in dingy house irks mayor

The larvae of the Aedes mosquito that causes dengue were found in a house when Siliguri Mayor Gautam Deb paid a visit there today. Two species of mosquito, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, are the primary vectors that transmit the dengue virus.

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CM to arrive today; may stay in private resort in Jalpaiguri

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to visit North Bengal for four days, beginning tomorrow.

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Malda widow tonsured, tortured over extra-marital affair’

Villagers in Malda have tonsured a woman's head and written the letters "420" on her forehead with a needle for allegedly having an extramarital affair.

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Camp opened for evacuees at Bowbazar

KMRCL considering taking help from Delhi, Bangalore Metro experts

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TN: Stalin writes to PM on efforts to impose’ Hindi

The attempts to impose Hindi are impractical, divisive in character: MK Stalin

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Dengue cases show aspike, October is the most vulnerable month

While Delhi and many other states including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have seen a sudden spurt in dengue cases in the last couple of days, government data showed that the number of dengue cases has recorded a significant rise in the last few years.

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